Welcome
to our first Knit-A-Long for 2002
(I can't believe it is really 2002 :-)

Skills - Knit,
purl, and decrease (for the two little pieces.) The square is a
six inch stockinette "swatch"...and no one will mind if
it is not exactly six inches...

Because knitting
is like Magic to me, take a trip to Jackie's
site (Heartstrings) to see how these three pieces will transform
themselves into a Three-Dimensional Stuffed BUNNY!

I am sooooo
not into "cute" but I thought this was a wonderful exercise
in simplicity...using simple decreasing and a little sewing...and
yes, we will do tube socks next :-)

Just
finished putting Bunny together and still can't believe it :-)

Some thoughts
on construction:

Leave your
cast-on and cast-off tails a couple of feet long...you can use them
for sewing and stuff any leftovers inside for more stuffing.

Bury your ends
by putting the threaded needle all the way through the body, putting
a little tension on the end by pulling and then cut it off close
to the surface. When you stretch the fabric, the end will pop back
inside.

As soon as
I did the head and front legs, I could envision this turning into
an angel instead of a bunny...and when the back legs were done,
it would have been easy to make a turtle. See where your imagine
takes YOU!